SQL Server
Customers have been running Microsoft workloads on AWS for over 15 years, longer than any other cloud provider. This is largely because AWS has the most experience with Microsoft applications in the cloud and offers the best platform for Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server in the following areas:
Higher performance and reliability
Greater security and identity services
More migration support
The broadest and deepest capabilities
Lower total cost of ownership (TCO)
Flexible licensing options
AWS supports everything necessary to build and run Windows applications that rely on SQL Server, including Active Directory, .NET, SQL Server, Windows desktop as a service, and all supported versions of Windows Server. With proven expertise, AWS can help you easily lift and shift, refactor, or even modernize your Windows workloads.
This section of the guide covers the following topics:
